Fight or Flight

Oxytocin is our ‘love’ hormone. It’s what the body releases when we have a cuddle, when we have sex, when we have an orgasm or when we have a laugh. Surprisingly, it is also the hormone that fuels labour.  Every single surge/urge/tightening/wave/contraction you experience in labour is fuelled by oxytocin. So much so that if…

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Can you just wake me when I’m in the second trimester…

There’s tiredness and then there’s early pregnancy EXTREME tiredness. How. Do. People. Actually. Survive. This. Fatigue (along with nausea) is one of the most common early pregnancy symptoms people would talk to me about at the first Midwife appointment. It is perfectly normal to feel something is wrong because it is hard to believe everyone…

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One Last Party

I said to my partner that’s it, my 30th is going to be my last big party before we start trying for a baby. And big party it was… an OC style affair, overflowing cocktails, champagne and spa pools.  A hangover for days. From then I booked in for my Jadelle to be removed,  health,…

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